A 17-year-old chess grandmaster was charged with assault and expelled from a championship tournament after hitting a woman when he lost a match in St. Louis last week, officials said.
Chess Championship match at the Saint Louis Chess Club last Wednesday, the club said in a statement on X.
A video released by the Saint Louis Chess Club shows Yoo crumpling his scoresheet following the loss to now-four-time U.S. chess champion Fabiano Caruana.
He has since been banned from the Saint Louis Chess Club.
And best of luck to the other players and best wishes to the St. Louis Chess Club."
Persons:
Louis, Christopher Yoo, Yoo crumpling, Fabiano Caruana, Yoo, Caruana, Christopher, Yoo's, Abhimanyu Mishra
Organizations:
U.S, Saint Louis Chess Club, Juvenile, Louis Metropolitan Police Department, NBC, U.S ., U.S . Chess Federation, Louis Chess, Facebook, Junior
Locations:
St, Louis, American